Sitka, Alaska The Center for Biological Diversity and
Greenpeace notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it is two
years overdue in deciding whether to initiate an Endangered Species Act status
review for southeast Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves. A status reiew may lead to listing these
wolves as threatened or endangered.
During the delay the situation of these unique forest wolves has
dramatically worsened, largely because of large-scale logging of old-growth
trees on Prince of Whales Island in the Tongass National Forest.